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The Quantum Sensors Group, part of NIST’s Physical Measurement Laboratory, and the Quantum Electromagnetics Division, advances the detection of photons and particles in a variety of application areas using superconducting sensors and readout electronics.
This prototype NIST sensor may help solve some mysteries of the universe by looking beyond the Standard Model. The Standard Model is a long-standing theory that
This mite of a sensor just showed its forensic might. Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory used the NIST sensors shown here to demonstrate a highly
The 19th International Workshop on Low Temperature Detectors (LTD19) was an opportunity for researchers from around the world to exchange information about the
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have invented a miniature thermometer with big potential applications, such as
The application of modern micro- and nanofabrication techniques to superconducting and cryogenic electronics is enabling new capabilities and applications.
The Long-wavelength Project develops state-of-the-art sensor arrays and multiplexed readout technology for the detection of millimeter and sub-millimeter
Emerging devices such as parametric amplifiers can provide new capabilities for cryogenic sensor systems. The Quantum Sensors Group is studying a range of new
The total power flow through cryocooler regenerators is key to their performance because it reduces the cooling available at the cold heat exchanger. At
Closed-cycle dilution refrigerators (DRs) recirculate 3He from the still via condensation on a cooled surface; condensate from the cooled surface drips down
Joseph Fowler, Bradley Alpert, Galen O'Neil, Daniel Swetz, Joel Ullom
The nonlinear energy response of cryogenic x-ray microcalorimeters is usually corrected though an empirical calibration. Certain x-ray emission lines of known